The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-03

more, his business picked up so that he
paid large sum on account all around
among his creditors. They all said
''Elisha Is doing it for him." He painted
and refurbished the old Snow house. lie
ran slightly into debt In doing it, but his
girls had some new clothes setit them
from New York. lie donned new suit
of broad-cloth, and-he was happy He
was ON his feet Slayton was utterly
nonplussed. In vain the willy practitioner
went about spreading doubts as to Elisha's
having any money whatever. "Why don't
he buy that organ9" he kept saying, until
people began to wonder why indeed.
As soon as the rumor spread about that
Elisha was childless, and that he intended
leaving his money in equal shares to his
six nieces, they went off literally like hot
cakes. Mawley junior, who really loved
the girl, married Bessie, and then they
were all married off in patches of two,
until the youngest refused TO marry at all,
saying, with her finger at her lip, 'she
preferred to stay with her father.h
In one year ali this happened. Amasa
| Snow was now successful man-his
debts paid and practice increasing. One
day the rumor reached him-why had not
Elisha paid for that organ9
lie went to Elisha. 1T is time" he
said, for you to disappear"
'Tm very contented here" protested
Elisha, ''reading the newspapers and sit
ting in the hotel. 1t agrees with me.
don't want to disappear"
He liked the adulation extended to
him on the ground that he was million
/ 81. IL fol t.I,
plutocrat revisiting his New England
home TO perfection. His acting was con-
summate, because 1t was nature itself,
without mirror being held up to it. He
had just that amount of narrowness, of
close -tistedness, of sagacious doubt as to
the motives of men who approached him
with schemes for investment; he acted
the millionaire to perfection, and he
never overdid it.
"Amasa, l can't CO." he said. "They
think I'm such a good man to make
money. They have actually brought
money to me to make more for them.
Yes, I've received over fifty thousand
dollars for investment within the last
month
"Great Scott!" exclaimed Amasa.
"This is dreadful l see State-prison
yawning before u.s."
"It's Just what the Grand American
Spread-eagle Mine needs" said Elisha,
swelling himself out-'a little money"
"Well, take the money and go, then
gol 1 will have nothing to do with this
-nothingW
Amasa was very angry. He resolved
to be responsible for his brother no long
| 90 h.e Ao,,,btnro oil
one now well married and in hlppy, well
to-do homes. ''Your uncle and have
had row." he said. ''Hc is going back
to California"
And the organ, the new library, the
gymnasiumY
'Well, he is mad about something.
He says the town has sighted him. But
one thing must be understood, whatever
he does-I wash my hands of him for
everw
Elisha did leave few days after. HI
took away about a hundred thousand
dollars of widows and orphans funds
went tb San Francisco, put his money int,
various enterprises, paid tn. 5eneticiariei
eight Der cent. interest, was honest a
the day and died few years ago wortl
a great deal 81 iGsrey.. which he left
share and share alike, to his brothers 81,
girls, and he left thousand dollars 70
the new organ.
Amasa still lives-a fairly we'll to-dt
old country lawyer-slightly in debt still
in East Chesterville. But he is the
adored grandpapa of twelve of the dear
est little grandchildren, and he Otter
says to them, benignly: Children, have
put all-and myself-on our feet. Yes
but had to tell your mother an awfu
lieln
"What was the lie, grandpopper?"
81 had to say the LATEST man alive
your granduncle, children had to sa!
the penniless old rascal-your grand
fathers brother, my dears, who haC
robbed me of all had in one of his mines
the Great American Spread eagle GolC
and Silver-I had to say, and stan to it
that he was one of the biggest millionaire
on the Pacific coast! But that lie ha
put us all on our feet. ."-Riehdrd H. Roe
! IN Harper's Weekly.